No icon or application in Application folder

I downloaded QT 7.4.5 for my G4 and copied the dmg to an external HD and connected the HD to my G4. I copied the dmg disk to my G4 desktop and installed QT 7.4.5 to my G4. The installation was successful and I restarted. No icon or application is in my Macintosh HD application folder. I searched with the finder under applications and QT is not there. Plus, I tried to load an earlier verson 7.4.1 and the installer said I can't load it because a newer version is already installed. Anyone have a clue where it might be?

Click on the external drive and choose Get Info from the File menu. If the format contains Mac OS Extended with or without anything after it, drag the iPhoto Library of the Pictures item in the Finder's sidebar to it. If not, open the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and depending on your needs, erase the drive, create a new partition in that format on it, or create a disk image on it(must be smaller than 4GB if drive is in the MS-DOS format.)
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Trying to update to 4.0 on my Mac. When trying to drag new icon to applications folder, it says 4.o already in place (it isn't), nad do I want to relace with older version. I do this and then it says change can't be done because Firefox is in use. ??

trying to update to 4.0 on my Mac. When trying to drag new icon to applications folder, it says 4.o already in place (it isn't), and do I want to replace with older version. I do this and then it says change can't be done because Firefox is in use. ??

That version cannot be upgraded further if it's a 2G model. The 3G model can be upgraded to iOS 5.x.x. You can't have a 2G model because the maximum iOS version is 4.2.1.
Upgrading iOS
   1. How to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
   2. iPhone Support
   3. iPod Touch Support
   4. iPad Support
     a. Updating Your iOS to Version 6.0.x from iOS 5
          Tap Settings > General > Software Update
     If an update is available there will be an active Update button. If you are current,
     then you will see a gray screen with a message saying your are up to date.
     b. If you are still using iOS 4 — Updating your device to iOS 5 or later.
     c. Resolving update problems
        1. iOS - Unable to update or restore
        2. iOS- Resolving update and restore alert messages

Trying 2 download new version of Firefox and after being prompted 2 drag Firefox icon into Applications folder, get message that task can't b completed bc Firefox is in use, but only use am making of Firefox is 2 have it open 2 download new version

Trying 2 download new version of Firefox and after being prompted 2 drag Firefox icon into Applications folder, get message that task can't b completed bc Firefox is in use, but only use am making of Firefox is 2 have it open 2 download new version

If there are problems with updating or with the permissions then easiest is to download the full version and trash the currently installed version to do a clean install of the new version.
Download a new copy of the Firefox program and save the disk image (dmg) file to the desktop
* Firefox 7.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
* Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
* Install the new version that you have downloaded
Your profile data is stored elsewhere in the Firefox Profile Folder, so you won't lose your bookmarks and other personal data if you uninstall and (re)install Firefox.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

I'm on ff 3.5.5 for Mac. I've been prompted twice to download latest version. Each time I have dragged the ff icon from applications folder to the dock and all seems ok. But next time I start ff it says I'm on 3.5.5 and should update to latest version!

There was no "update failed" message
I wonder whether I'm doing the right thing when I drag to the dock. There's only one ff icon in the applications folder. The first time I was prompted to update it showed that days date next to the icon as if the update was successful. The second time was a few days later but I think it was still the same date next to the icon (25/8/10) I've only just noticed that (on 10/9/10) so can't be sure but I'm sure the second time was around 2nd or 3rd of Sept.
Also, I am running two versions of ff- one is english, the other is the Italian version. They can't be opened at the same time but they seem to talk to eachother in the background, so to speak, because when I open one after a long gap, it opens with all the history and settings of the other one, right up to the last website I went to. I think I closed both when updating because it prompts you to close all programmes and restart (I think/ remember) so I just clicked ok to that prompt.
By the way, I got the prompt to update twice for ''BOTH'' the Italian and the English version- so 4 times altogether so it would seem that ff does recognise them as separate but still has problems concluding the update for each separate one respectively.
Thank you very much if you can help.
Trapperjohn

Download a new copy of the Firefox program: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean reinstall.
Install the new version that you have downloaded.
Your profile data is stored elsewhere in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder], so you won't lose your bookmarks and other personal data.

Missing application icon in applications folder

I drug my applications folder to my doc to make a shortcut and got the poof cloud. now all my icons are gone in Applications folder in finder and in all my time machine backups.how do I get them back. all I can find in trash is a folder called Recovered Files with 48 files like this one /var/tmp/tmp.0.BbdYw430645480 inside.

I'm guessing you didn't prep your new drive. Do the following (you will need to boot from your external drive:)
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
After formatting has completed quit DU. Now use SuperDuper! or your favorite cloning utility to clone your system from the external drive to the new internal drive.
If you need to change your short name this should help: Macworld | Changing the short username in Leopard.

Overlapping icons in Applications Folder Dock icon

I recently upgraded to a MBP Retina running 10.8.3 Mountain Lion.
Deciding to re-install apps and cleanup old unused stuff, I didn't use the Migration Assistant.
I opened Finder and dragged the Applications folder to the Dock. When I did so, the preference was to display as Stack. At first, it was showing the Mac App Store icon as it was the first app listed in the folder. When I installed Adium.app, Adium became the first app listed in the folder and now I have the Adium "duck" icon overlapping the blue Mac App Store icon.
If I rename Adium.app to Badium.app, the Mac App Store is the icon displayed on the Dock. If I rename Adium.app to anything alphabetically before App Store, they overlap. I've tried dragging the Applications folder off the Dock and re-adding it, running the command "killall Dock" from Terminal, logging out and back in, and even rebooting. Deleting the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist doesn't fix it.
How do I get the folder to display the first app instead of overlapping or having to have the folder displayed as a "Folder"?

Ok - I may not have phrased my question correctly.
I have right-clicked on the icon and toggled between Stack and Folder. Folder displays an ugly blue folder w/ the App Icon. Stack displays Adium overlapping the Mac App Store. Maybe the other apps icons are present but just obscured by the blue circular App Store icon.
I don't want overlapping, or "stacked" icons. I want the old Lion (10.7.x) style of showing the first icon in your Applications folder without "stacking" all the other apps behind it.

Bad icon in Applications Folder -- Good item on task bar

I installed Firefox. Dragged Firefox logo to applications folder, but what is displayed is a different logo, with a white circle, and a slash through the circle (like the red slashed circle over a car to symbolize "no parking" on a street sign). When I dragged that logo to the task bar, the correct Firefox logo appears on the task bar, but in my applications folder, the strange logo is still there. Not sure if this means that there is a problem with Install -- no error messages were displayed during install.

See [[/questions/883573]]
* Delete the Firefox icon from the dock.
* Create a new icon by dragging the Firefox application to the dock.

Unable to complete step 2 (drag icon into applications folder) when upgrading Firefox

I am trying to upgrade from Firefox 3.6.11 to 3.6.12.
Step 2 of the process says "Drag the Firefox icon into your applications icon.
First problem: I don't have an applications icon. Second problem, being creative I open Finder on my Mac and try to drag the Firefox icon into the applications folder. Won't work. Still shows I have Firefox 3.6.11 So I can't get beyond Step 2.
A second problem is that the download screen with the three steps continually fills the screen. So there is nowhere to show an Applications icon to drag the Firefox icon into. Every time I click on the Step 2 icon, the screen maximizes and covers anything underneath it.
Any suggestions?

I have solved the problem myself. Unable to see how to mark my post as "solved". This forum badly needs a "Help" page of a FAQ page.

Trying to dowload newest version of Firefox and after prompted 2 drag Firefox icon into Applications folder get message that task can't be completed bc Firefox is in use but only use I'm making is to have FF open to download new version.

Trying to download newest version and after prompted to drag the Firefox icon into the Applications folder get message that task can't be completed bc Firefox is in use, but only use I'm making of Firefox is to have it open to download the newest version.

If there are problems with updating or with the permissions then easiest is to download the full version and trash the currently installed version to do a clean install of the new version.
Download a new copy of the Firefox program and save the disk image (dmg) file to the desktop
* Firefox 7.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
* Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
* Install the new version that you have downloaded
Your profile data is stored elsewhere in the Firefox Profile Folder, so you won't lose your bookmarks and other personal data if you uninstall and (re)install Firefox.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

I can't drag Firefox icon from Applications folder to dock--what am I doing wrong?

Trying to update Firefox. Followed easy-sounding directions on Firefox site (download, copy to Applications folder, drag icon to dock). BUT...I can't get the Firefox icon to "stick"in the doc. Hasn't updated Firefox.

Firefox 3.0 versions and later require at least Mac OS X 10.4
*http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/system-requirements.html - Mozilla Firefox 3.6 System Requirements
Firefox 2.0.0.20 is the last release that runs on Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_Firefox
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unsupported_operating_systems

Icon in Application Folder Grid View is not displaying correctly

Hi there,
It seems that whenever I download and install a new program into my Applications folder, the icon appears incorrectly in Grid View. For example, I just downloaded a program called Dragster, installed it and dragged it into my Applications folder. However now, when I click on 'Applications' on the dock, the icon for Dragster is white with a circle and line through it (similar to a non-smoking type of sign).
If I drag the icon to the Desktop and then back into Applications again, the icon appears as normal - the correct icon for that folder. Why does this happen? Why does the icon display incorrectly when I drag the program directly to my Applications folder... this is what I am supposed to do isn't it (am a reasonably new mac user)?
Thanks in advance.
Nicola

hey, i've been experiencing the same problem... i really hope that there is a better answer than "get used to it" b/c, like you said, if i drag the icon to the desktop, and then back to the applications folder, the icon appears normal without the "no smoking sign" circle and slash. also, the icons are normal in the finder window, but have the circle and slash when i click on the applications folder/stack in my dock and it opens in grid mode (when set to "automatic). just wondering if you've had any luck finding out how to fix this problem...

I downloaded firefox and am using it but sometimes a box opens telling me to drag firefox icon into applications folder-try to but it says I don't have permission for certain items

When I try dragging the firefox icon intot he applications folder it says I already have one in there and do I want to replace it I say yes, but then it says "The operation can't be completed because I don't have permission to access some of the items."

* Download a new copy of the Firefox program: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
* Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re)install.
* Install the new version that you have downloaded.
Your profile data is stored elsewhere in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder], so you won't lose your bookmarks and other personal data.

I haven't received the "prompt" to move firefox 4.0.1 icon to applications folder

Your directions say
"after installation, wait for the "prompt" then move the firefox
icon into the applications folder. I never received the "prompt"

See:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Mac
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_Firefox#Mac_OS_X

Still some confusion on Icons in Application Folder

I installed Firefox & Thunderbird on my iMac. I like Firefox, but not T'Bird.
In the application folder, I have 2 Icons for Firefox - one looks like a computer drive, and the other is the same circle as I have in my dock. I have only one Icon for T'Bird - that being the one that looks like a computer drive. I also have both of these drive-like Icons on my desktop.
When I startup the computer, T'Bird is never on the dock. Firefox is. When I doubleclick on the drive-like Icon in the applications folder it opens a window under MacIntosh HD which if I then double click on, T'Bird opens. If I do the same with Firefox, firefox opens.
Which of these Icons should be in the Appl folder/ On the desktop? Do I get rid of some/ All?
Thanks.

When you downloaded Firefox and T'Bird you got these guys that "look like a computer drive. They are 'Disk Images' and they are virtual computer drives. SO, double click on on, and there it is, under the Macintosh HD, just like a Drive.
To install the software, drag it from the Disk Image to the Applications Folder. You've done this with Firefox, but haven't with T'Bird. Then eject the DIsk Images and trash them. Thn in your Applications folder you have theround icons for the apps themselves, and not the icons for the disk images.
Regards
TD

I've been a Firefox user for years but I can't complete new Firefox download. The actual download goes well, but then I'm told to move Firefox icon into applications folder when prompted, but I don't get prompted.

I've been a Firefox user for years, but now you offer me a new version and I can't complete the installation process. The initial download goes well but then I'm instructed to move the icon into my applications folder when prompted and I don't get prompted. Nothing whatever happens. What am I doing wrong?

We are not around here 24 hours, so you may need to wait for a response.
The DMG (disk image) file is the Firefox installation file that you can download from the Mozilla site and save to your desktop. You can double click that file to open the image.
From [[Installing Firefox on Mac]]:
* Once the download has completed, the disk image may open by itself and mount a new volume which contains the Firefox application. If you do not see the new volume, double-click the Firefox dmg icon to open it.
* A Finder window appears, containing the Firefox application. Drag the Firefox Icon into the Applications folder.

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Download a new copy of the Firefox program: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html
Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean reinstall.
Install the new version that you have downloaded.
Your profile data is stored elsewhere in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder], so you won't lose your bookmarks and other personal data.

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